Alan Parekh

Cool Color Table integrated with 64 RGB LED Matrix
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Hackedgadgets member Alan Parekh shared a great work carried out by Edo at Hamburg University, Germany. He build a real cool color LED table comprising of 64 sections of RGB LED’s arranged in a matrix of 8X8. The table is controlled by Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller. “Materials used: 1 Arduino Duemilinove microcontroller, 12 Texas Instruments TLC5940 16-channel LED drivers 64 numbers of 5mm RGB LED Table dimensions : 50×50×12 centimeters Cladding

Tiny Bipolar Stepper Motor Control
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  Check out the super macro video of this Tiny Bi-Polar Stepper Motor being controlled with an Arduino. This great part was scavenged from a blu-ray player.  This cute little motor has only 20 steps per revolution which is much less than the number of steps you would find in the large style steppers. I can normally think of a bunch of project ideas from every bit of electronics I

Firecore's aTV Flash (black) for Apple TV 2
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  aTV Flash (black) is a user-friendly software package from Firecore that supercharges your new black AppleTV 2. It is available in both Mac and Windows version. This software package is very simple to use and safe for your AppleTV. Installing aTV Flash (black) is also easy. More details on the installation process can be seen here. Very recently Firecore has launched the version 1.1.1 of aTV Flash (black) that are having

Crazy optical fiber and LEDs based Step Lighting
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  Fiberopticlight presents an amazing step lights created using Poly Optics Super Side Light fibre lit with LEDs at each end. Each strip of stairs consists of a single LED at each end of a 7mm Super Side Light fibre strip encased in a 10mm square polycarbonate extrusion. Entire system of strip lights is typically operated by just a single 9V power supply and the current consumption of each strip light is about

Open Picus Dancing Twitter Santa
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  If you want to drive the guys over at Open Picus nuts send a tweet to their dancing santa! Check out their Open Picus Dancing Twitter Santa project to see how they connected the santa with a few bits of electronics to their system. I have a feeling that this will be a fun gadget on the desk until it keeps dancing non stop for a few hours… “I

DIY IKEA Moodlight Build
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  Our friend Viktor sent in his latest build. He took a $1.99 IKEA plastic bag dispenser which looks great for only a few dollars and used it as the structure of his DIY moodlight. I visited my first IKEA last year and was quite amazed at how they create an experience that I have never had in any other store. I had to hold back from purchasing a ton

Hasbro My3D - an eye-popping 3D Viewer
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Teamdroid member John reports The mega toy company Hasbro have unveiled a 3D viewer that’s designed for Apple’s second, third, and fourth generation iPod touch, iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4. Hasbro has a number of applications available on the Apple iTunes app store, games and immersive 360 degree pano stuff. For more info about 3D photography check out the International Stereoscopic Union If you want to bend your eyes have